39 PETER HENDERSON & CO.'S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 



MARIGOLD. perpkt. 



The French and African Marigolds are amongst the most elegant and beautiful of 

 our annuals, their rich and varied colors, and neat, compact green foliage pro- 

 ducing a splendid effect in almost any situation. The African is the tallest and 

 most striking in large beds and mixed shrubbery borders ; while the French 

 varieties are admirably adapted for small beds, or as a foreground to taller 

 plants. Half -liar fly annuals. 



Marigold African Quilled. Lemon color, 2 ft 5 



Quilled. Orange color, 2 ft 5 



Finest Mixed Varieties 5 



French. Dwarf. Striped, 1 ft 5 



Dwarf. Yellow, 1ft 5 



Finest Mixed Varieties 5 



MARVEL OF PERU Mlrabilis.) 



The flowers of this class are very varied and beautiful, and are produced in great 

 abundance. The roots may be preserved through the winter like Dahlias. 

 Ha If-li a rdy per en n ia Is. 



Marvel of Peru. {Four o'clochs.) Sweet-scented, white, 2 ft 5 



Variegated. Very ornamental, 2 ft 10 



Finest Mixed. 2 ft 5 



MAURANDIA. 



These beautiful summer climbers can not be too highly recommended, whether for 

 the adornment of the conservatory or green-house, or for training on trellis- 

 work, verandas, and the flower garden. Blooms the first season from seed. 

 Half-hardy perennials. 



Maurandia Barclayana. Eich violet, 10 ft 10 



Alba. White, 10 ft 10 



Rosea. Rosy pink. 10 ft 10 



Purpurea G-randifiora. Purple, 10 ft 10 



Finest Mixed Colors 10 



MIGNONETTE. 



A well-known favorite, highly esteemed for its delightful fragrance. If well thin- 

 ned out, immediately the plants are large enough, they will grow stronger, and 

 produce larger spikes of bloom. Hardy annuals. 



Mignonette. {Reseda Odorata.) Large flowrred variety. Per ounce, 25 cents 5 



Large-flowered Pyramidal. (Reseda Ameliorate.) Quite distinct from the 



old large-flowered variety; its foliage and flowers are much larger, the 

 plants are of pyramidal growth, and attain a large size 10 



Parsons' New White. Flowers nearly white, a new and desirable variety, 10 



MIMULUS (Monkey Flower.) 



Strikingly handsome flowers, among the gayest ornaments for conservatory, green- 

 house, or general flower-garden. Seed sown in spring makes fine bedding 

 plants for summer blooming, while seed sown in autumn produces very effec- 

 tive early-flowering green-house plants. Half-hardy perennials. 



Mimulus Cardinalis. Scarlet, 1 ft t 10 



Cupreus. Bright orange crimson, a most valuable bedding plant, $• ft 10 



Moschatus. (Musk Plant.) Yellow, i ft 10 



Tigrinus. An exceedingly beautiful new blotched and spotted hybrid, rival- 



ling the Calceolaria in the variety of its brilliant colors 15 



Tigrinus Flore Pleno. A beautiful new double-flowering variety, valuable 



alike for open garden and green-house decoration ; choice mixed colors... 25 



Choice Mixed. From the finest sorts 10 



MIMOSA (Sensitive Plant.) 



Mimosa Pudica. A very interesting and curious plant, its leaves closing if touch- 

 ed or shaken. Half-liardy ann ual 5 



MYRSIPKYLLUM iSmilax.) 



There is no climbing plant in cultivation that surpasses this in the graceful beauty 

 of its foliage, and its peculiar wavy formation renders it one of the most valua- 

 ble of all plants for vases or hanging baskets, as it can be used either to climb 

 or to droop, as required; in cut flowers, particularly for wreaths, it is now 

 considered indispensable by all florists. 



Myrsiphyllum Asparagoides. White, 6 ft - 25 



